To Review or Not to Review – That Is the Question.

Posted by Puja Katari on September 13, 2016 Best Practices project management, performance reviews, performance evaluations

I’d like to think that there is the perfect employee out there in the world, but in reality, no one is really perfect.  Isn’t everyone’s definition of a perfect employee different anyways based on the company’s needs?  We all have certain standards and expectations of our company, colleagues and ourselves and need to make sure that at the very minimum these are met.  A company is only as good as its employees, right?

In order to ensure that employees are performing at their best and are continuously improving, a company should define a clear performance review process. It also...

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How To Programmatically Create Vanity URLs

Posted by Aiiaz Khan on September 07, 2016 Development, Web Experience Management WebCenterSites, Vanity URL, Asset API

Since version 11gR1, WebCenter Sites has natively provided the capability to allow editors to create vanity URLs for assets out of the box.  Even before that frameworks such as the GSF extended the core product to provide that functionality.  With the SEO benefits and pleasant visitor experience, Vanity URLs have become a necessary feature without which websites’ cannot launch.

WebCenter Sites has the built-in capability to automatically generate vanity URLs upon asset creation via a set pattern.  However there are situations where content is created prior to this mechanism being...

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Success Story: AVIO Consulting, An Interactive Experience

Posted by Caroline Givnish on September 01, 2016 Drupal Drupal, Drupal 8, Migration
"Function1's expertise and collaborative approach made the redesign process seamless. Thanks for bringing our vision for AVIO's refreshed digital presence to life, we are very proud of the end product."
- Brandon Dean, AVIO Consulting
 

About AVIO Consulting
AVIO is a consulting leader in the Oracle Fusion Middleware and Mulesoft spaces. Though best known for its Oracle portfolio, AVIO also provides world-class solutions in the cloud, digital transformation, mobile, process, and strategy fields. AVIO came to Function1 looking for a...

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WebCenter Sites Dojo Tips & Tricks

Posted by David Chesebro on August 30, 2016 Cool Tools Oracle WebCenter Sites, 11.1.1.8.0, 11g

WebCenter Sites allows you to customize the UI in many ways. Much of the UI is rendered using Dojo, but very little of WCS's Dojo APIs are documented. Here are a few simple Dojo code snippets that may be of use to you:

Display Info, Warning, or Error messages

The WebCenter Sites developer guide describes how to display an "info" message (the green message pictured above), but you can also display warning (yellow) and error (red) messages:

var view = SitesApp.getActiveView(); // the active view (AKA the current tab) view.info("OK Message."); // display info message...
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Work from Home Hacks: 7 Telecommuting Productivity Boosters

Posted by Caroline Givnish on August 25, 2016 Best Practices productivity, hacks, Best Practices

It’s no surprise that telecommuting continues to steadily rise with the promise of flexibility and cost-efficiency resonating among employees and employers alike. For employees, the benefits of working remotely are pretty obvious: eliminating a long commute; wardrobe savings; and availability for family, to name a few. But, what’s in it for employers?  Besides the tangible allure of savings in real estate-related costs, businesses that offer the ability to work from home benefit from an increased level of...

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